Hi there, I am a python developer who's trying to read the metadata via codes in avid bin files. So I am trying to achieve is 1. Export aaf files from avid media composer for a specific .avb file. 2. Convert that aaf file into XML by some library( I used pyaaf library here) 3. I am able to see the...
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Hello, I've tried linking, embedding, consolidating... everything in regards to exporting the AAF. I have a group of 15 aafs from very similar projects and 3 of them return this error in Pro tools. "Could not complete the Import Tracks command because an unexpected error happened while trying...
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Hello, Please excuse the long post, I know this may be a bit thick for what I’m inquiring about but I’d like to give some foundation to my issues in hopes to solve the multiple problems I’m having. I’m an Adobe Premiere editor, however, after the constant crashing and endless...
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Hey Jeff - Just wanted to update this post - I just did a test consolidating ProResHQ Quicktimes in Avid 8.9.4 and it works great. I can't export an AAF including the ProRes MXF media, but I can consolidate the timeline with ProRes MXF files to another drive (with handles). I also just opened Resolve...
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Hi, forgive me if this is a dumb question, but I haven't worked on Avid in a couple of years. I'm picking up a project that has been edited both in Avid AND Premiere. For multiple reasons, I have to continue the edit in Premiere. I was given an AAF file of the final seq in Avid. This will not...
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Hello, I tried to export a timeline from Avid MC 8.10.0 with daily rushes clips synched with audio Some clips doesn't reconnect audio properly in Premiere. If I export a timeline with same audio source without synched subclips, but with original master clips in timeline, the AAF export data properly...
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Hi everyone, this is my first post and first time on this forums. I have been using AVID at my school last year and am now wanting to continue using AVID at home. My memory is quite rusty as I havent touched AVID in around 2 months. I recently downloaded a trial version of Media Composer in order to...
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I'm a lecturer at a film trade school, and reasently it has apared a reacuring (7 sepearate instanses) problem when relinking offline files. I did some diging into some of the projects and traced the problem to Avid reading the start timecodes of each clip as 00:00:00:00 and not the original "time...
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Hi, I've been brought back on to a film as an assistant to do the impossible it would seem. I was linked to the film when it was in FCPX but then was not needed but I've been called back on to take on the migration of the FCPX project to Avid for a different editor. I understand that this is...
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